Well,
Christmas has come and gone and here I sit on New Year's Eve wondering
where the year went. This fall has been busy but rewarding. We've
discovered RMT to help all of us optimize our learning. We're hard at
work moving in ways that make good connections for our brains. Elly
also now has her new Irlen lenses. She seems more confident. It's my
prayer that daily RMT work will fix her light sensitivity so that those
lenses aren't necessary in a year.
We had two great vacations. First to DC to visit the Reid/Simons and Kathy, Kate and Max over Thanksgiving. It was the first plane trip for the kids who were super excited. Isaiah wanted to see the Natural History Museum, which was impressive. Elly and I especially loved the gems and crystal section. The rest was good but b/c of the evolution being stated as facts, it was a little frustrating too. It was good practice b/c the next week we roadtripped with CC and EH friends to the Creation Museum near Cincinnati. It was WONDERFUL start to finish. We just soaked up information that bolstered our faith and drew us closer to our Creator. We especially loved the nightly pool parties and morning breakfasts at the hotel with our buddies.
We came home to try to love Christmas without being too busy to appreciate the reason for the season. It helped that our church was working on the Advent Conspiracy to worship fully, spend less and give more (or ourselves) this season. We enjoyed making duct tape bags and goodies, giving coupons for snow shoveling, babysitting and cleaning.
Our Christmas was definitely smaller as far as gifts and money spent on us but the memories we made on our trips and just having fun together playing games (Bananagrams, Tenzi, Pictionary, Train Dominoes) and making food and decorations were a big highlight for everyone. Noone missed having more presents.
And now we're off to Aschoff's for our NYE party with EH buddies. CC starts up again next Monday. Still plenty to do there. Praying about what next year looks like for us with that as well.
And we are ending our 2013 and beginning our 2014 with Stormie Omartian's 7 Day Prayer Warrior Experience. We've learned so far to support our "core" with truth...not just knowing it but living it and making our decisions accordingly. And we read tonight about how our breastplate of righteousness will protect our hearts. If we live and move in God's way...the right way...we'll avoid a lot of pain and be protected under God's umbrella of blessing.
We had two great vacations. First to DC to visit the Reid/Simons and Kathy, Kate and Max over Thanksgiving. It was the first plane trip for the kids who were super excited. Isaiah wanted to see the Natural History Museum, which was impressive. Elly and I especially loved the gems and crystal section. The rest was good but b/c of the evolution being stated as facts, it was a little frustrating too. It was good practice b/c the next week we roadtripped with CC and EH friends to the Creation Museum near Cincinnati. It was WONDERFUL start to finish. We just soaked up information that bolstered our faith and drew us closer to our Creator. We especially loved the nightly pool parties and morning breakfasts at the hotel with our buddies.
We came home to try to love Christmas without being too busy to appreciate the reason for the season. It helped that our church was working on the Advent Conspiracy to worship fully, spend less and give more (or ourselves) this season. We enjoyed making duct tape bags and goodies, giving coupons for snow shoveling, babysitting and cleaning.
Our Christmas was definitely smaller as far as gifts and money spent on us but the memories we made on our trips and just having fun together playing games (Bananagrams, Tenzi, Pictionary, Train Dominoes) and making food and decorations were a big highlight for everyone. Noone missed having more presents.
And now we're off to Aschoff's for our NYE party with EH buddies. CC starts up again next Monday. Still plenty to do there. Praying about what next year looks like for us with that as well.
And we are ending our 2013 and beginning our 2014 with Stormie Omartian's 7 Day Prayer Warrior Experience. We've learned so far to support our "core" with truth...not just knowing it but living it and making our decisions accordingly. And we read tonight about how our breastplate of righteousness will protect our hearts. If we live and move in God's way...the right way...we'll avoid a lot of pain and be protected under God's umbrella of blessing.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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